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Adam Levine unloads Hollywood Hills rental for $3.55 million

‘Cole Trickle’ just short of Hollywood ending

Walls of glass open to an outdoor fireplace, swimming pool and spa. Levine, 34, is the lead singer and guitarist for the Grammy-winning Maroon 5. He has worked with Kanye West , Natasha Bedingfield and 50 Cent, among others. The singer-songwriter has been a coach on “The Voice” since 2011. He bought the property in 2005 for $3.195 million and has been leasing it out at $10,000 a month. Levine bought another house in the Beverly Crest area late last year for $4.83 million. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-adam-levine-20130705,0,661131.story?track=rss

Hollywood rebounds, but family-friendly offerings still limited

A 1981 remake of the Charlie Chan movies (dont ask me why anyone thought we needed such a thing), Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen , featured Peter Ustinov in the title role. 6. William Hurt won a BAFTA award for his portrayal of a gay Brazilian prisoner in the 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman , which was based on a novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig. 7. Winona Ryder was one of the stars of the 1993 movie House of Spirits , which was adapted from a novel of the same name by Isabel Allende and set in Chile. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.care2.com/causes/10-movies-showing-hollywood-still-thinks-race-doesnt-matter.html

Hey, Hollywood! Race Does Matter

I look and I see ol’ Cole Trickle coming. ? He did a great job. He pushed me straight, and we were able to stay connected, because we were three-wide, and make it back to the start-finish line.” In the movie, of course, Trickle wins the big Daytona race in the end. There was no such Hollywood ending for the No. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://sports.yahoo.com/news/kurt-busch-just-short-hollywood-024600239–nascar.html

The game plan? Jam pack the release calendar with even more big-budget extravaganzas than usual. As noted in a recent New York Times article by Brooks Barnes, in just the two-month period from May 1 to July 4, studios will have put out 13 movies with budgets in excess of $100 million each a 44 percent increase over the same period in 2012. Even April a month normally considered a cinematic dumping ground saw the release of Joseph Kosinskis $120 million sci-fi actioner Oblivion, starring perennial box-office draw Tom Cruise (although it was the Jackie Robinson biopic 42 that scored the highest April numbers). Somehow, though, even with all the extra money being poured into would-be blockbusters, this summers lineup has so far felt a little bit like deja vu. For the original version including any supplementary images or video, visit http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865582678/Hollywood-rebounds-but-family-friendly-offerings-still-limited.html?pg=all